(RNN) - Rock legend Robert Plant premiered his first single with his new band, the Sensational Space Shifters, on Monday via NPR.

The single, Rainbow, is a smooth soft rock tune that only the former Led Zeppelin singer could make this good. It gives us pretty high hopes for Sensational Space Shifters' upcoming album, lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar.

"It's really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty African, Trance meets Zep," Plant said of the album in a release.

"The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music," he added.

BET Awards

The popular 2014 BET Awards, hosted by Chris Rock, will see a slew of a big performers this year, including Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Usher, Lil Wayne, Robin Thicke and Nicki Minaj.

Jennifer Hudson, Trey Songz and Lionel Richie will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award and are also slated to perform.

For a full list of nominees, click here. The BET Awards air on Sunday, June 29 at 8 p.m. ET on BET.

Introducing … Kelsi Taylor

Kelsi Taylor doesn't have a website or a bio or a team of publicists. She describes herself (refreshingly) simply as a "15-year-old singer/songwriter … sharing my love of music."

That love shines through her delicate exhibition of mind-blowing cover songs on her YouTube channel, from A Fine Frenzy to her most recent cover, Youth by UK indie band, Daughter.

"That's where my heart is, I love indie alternative music," she said.

Taylor uploaded Youth to Vube, which is a YouTube for aspiring artists, just five days ago where it's already garnered more than 275,000 views.

The next step for this budding musician? Her own original material.

"I finally in the past year found what I love, the music I love and who I am as an artist ... seeing where it leads, that's my ultimate dream ... but for now, I'm just trying to get my name out there," she said.

America's audio addiction

Some of you may wonder why we dedicate an entire column to music news, but a recent study just goes to prove that we aren't wasting our time.

Even though our current age of technology makes music more accessible than it has ever been, AM/FM radio still dominated participants' listening time with 52.1 percent. However, various new forms of audio now control 26 percent of listening time.

The survey was divided between seven categories: AM/FM radio, owned music, internet radio music, SiriusXM, TV music channels, podcasts and a miscellaneous "other" that we can only assume means audiobooks, live music, that man who won't stop humming in public, etc.

The survey involved 2,096 participants, all above the age of 13, who kept a 24-hour diary tracking his or her listening habits throughout the month of May.

The conclusion: America loves music, and will listen to it in a variety of ways.